Soap-shaver.



PATENTED MAY 19, 1908.

J. H. WILLIAMS.

SOAP SHAVER.

APYLICATION FILED MAY 15,1907.

Gw h1 moco @af/MM Hozmz Q JOHN H. WILLIAMS, OF WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA.

SOAP-SHAVER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 19, 1908.

' Application filed May 15, 1907. Serial No. 373,779.

T o all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN H. WILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wilkes-Barre, in the county of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Im rovement in a Soap-Shaver, of which. the foilowing is a specilication.

This invention relates to soap shavers for shaving the soap used in washing, the Object bein to provide a shaver which can be readily attached to the edge of the washboiler so that the soap to be used can be shaved Off without allowing the soap to come into contact with the water, thereby saving a great amount of soap which is ordinarily wasted.

Another Object of my invention is to provide a shaver which is exceedingly cheap and simple in construction, and one which is very effective in use.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel features of construction, combinationand arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully ldescribed and pointed out in the claims."

In the drawingforming a part of this specificationz-Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved soap shaver showing it attached to a portion of the wash-boiler. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 2. i

n constructing my device I form the same so that it can be supported from the side of the Ordinary wash boiler my device extending inwardly and downwardly. It consists of a U-shapedwire frame C, the bow portion of which is bent at an angle to the body portion and en ages the edge of a side of the boiler and alzso extends over upon the outer face of said boiler. In order Lto hold the body portion at an angle to the side of the boiler so that it will extend inwardly toward the center of the boiler and not hang downwardly against the inner face of the boiler, I bend the side members on the frame upon themselves at points adjacent the bow portion, thus forming loops C which loo s engage the inner face of the boiler and hold the body portion of the frame in an elevated position. Upon the frame C is fitted a late D, the side edges of which are crimped a out the side members of the frame, and to prevent sliding movement of the plate upon the frame, the upper end portion of the plate is curved and extends into the loops C, as most clearly shown in F ig 2.

Arranged over the parallel members ofA the frame from the portion C', to their free ends, is a metal plate D, the'edges of which are crimped around the bars of the frame, so as to securely fasten the plateto the frame, so that it cannot slip Oi` the same. Y

A plurality Of iarallel, transversely arranged tongues D are punched outwardly from the plate, said tongues having oblique end portions. These tongues D form a series of cutting blades over which the cake of soap is passed. It will be seen that as the soap is shaved olf, it will drop into the boiler or on to the clothes, as the case may be.

From the foregoing description it `will be readily seen that I have provided very novel shaver which will shave the cake of soap being rubbed Over the same evenly.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent isz- A device of the kind described comprising a U-shape wire frame, the bow portion of said frame being bent at an angle to the body portion, the side members of the frame adj acent the bow portion being bent upon themselves forming loops adapted to engage the inner side of a receptacle, the bow portion enga ing the outer side, a late carried by said rame, an end ortion Oi) the plate being transversely curve( and extending into said loops, and tongues forming cuttlng blades punched from said plate.

JOHN H. WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

JOHN G. RAY; JOHN CLARK. 

